MET 344E - Mech. Properties of Materials

Course Objectives

1. To define mechanical properties and explain its importance on the basis of materials selection and design criteria
2. To teach relationships between mechanical properties and structure.
3. To define failure mechanisms such as fracture, fatigue, creep and wear and their causes and affecting factors.

Course Description

Analysis of stress and strain, structure-property relationships, plastic deformation of crystalline and amorphous materials, plasticity of polycrystalline materials, strengthening mechanisms, mechanical properties of materials, fracture, introduction to fracture mechanics, fracture toughness, fatigue, factors affecting fatigue behaviour of materials, creep, creep mechanisms and creep resistant materials, mechanical properties of polymers and ceramics, friction and wear.